ARTsBirthday: BREAKisMAKE

As an act of collective healing and creativity, PoMoArts invites you to celebrate the Birthday of ART by creating mosaics inspired by Yoko Ono’s Mend Piece.  

Thanks to Robert Filliou and the fluxus artists of the1960s, ART had a modest beginning that led to its deep presence in our daily lives that we enjoy today. Since the 1960s, ART’s Birthday has been celebrated across the world through an “eternal network” of artists -- a day celebrating art’s power in unifying communities, inspiring everyday creativity, and its transformative power and healing.  

This year, ARTsBirthday at PoMoArts is BREAKisMAKE, inspired by Yoko Ono’s creative exploration of repair. A Japanese conceptual artist and human rights activist, Yoko Ono is an advocate for world peace. Her Mend Piece, first conceptualized in 1966, engages participants in the process of mending broken pottery as a metaphor for repairing brokenness in our minds and communities. Rather than hiding the breakage in our histories, we are encouraged to come together to embrace healing though a collaborative act of reflection and repair. In response to this art piece, Yoko Ono stated, “mend with wisdom, mend with love. It will mend the earth at the same time.” 

Join our community event of healing and connection. Create your own Mend Piece and experience the power of art and creativity in repairing us individually and together.  

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